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Somethings has been bothering me lately. How come it's considered okay to propagate the atheist stereotype in books, movies and tv shows? No one would ever dream of making a movie where the token…Continue

Hi!My name is Rebecca or Becky. You can call me either. But not Becca it's annoying to me for some reason. I live in Iowa and attend the local high school. My Mom is currently a Methodist/Agnostic my…Continue

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"I think there is some stereotypes, but a lot of it grows out of the whole idea that we're just "angry at god", when no, we're not, we're angry at the people who follow god.
I will say I object to the title--fat people are…"

"Yeah. Really.
W the exception of Bajor, almost every planet where the inhabitants worshiped anything it was almost entirely to show how backward and primitive they were.
And while it turned out that Majors "gods" were real, they…"

"Imo we generally are portrait as bright. House is outright brilliant tho admittedly a brilliant self obsessed asshole. I may be incorrectly premature in labeling Gorren an atheist simply because he is so Sherlock Holmes rational and smart. But he is…"

"So, is the way one would point this out something along these lines:
"Mister/Ms special kind of believer who thinks that all but your special kind of believers are immoral, is there anything in particular that you do or don't do…"

"I didn’t know that there were any generally accepted atheist stereo types. From the few episodes of House that I have seen, I really like the character of Dr. House. I could think of a lot worse representatives of my…"

"He jovially describes the violent destruction of a tree that represents a human being. That gets him past the controversy of a joke of actually murdering a person. It's a little fucked up. Joking about asians being bad drivers is one thing.…"

"I don't think there are to many instances of openly atheist characters on TV, but when they do make an appearance, they're usually portrayed as being "lost" or disillusioned with religion. What irritates me is that they very…"

"Police officers hate CSI for the some of the same reasons you hate House. It gives unrealistic expectations for victims in similar situations in real life. For the rest of us, ignorance is bliss.
I understand people being afraid of "coming…"

"I had totally forgot that Dane Cook joke. You know when comedians tell a black joke or jew joke these days, they at least make some effort to show that they are being facetious. Dane Cook seems genuinely advocate every one of these stereotypes.
And…"

"I think one feeling that atheists are bad comes from characters that are portrayed as superior because of their religiosity. Also, situations such as the extensive criticism regarding Obama's religious beliefs leads folks to feel it is…"

"I get this, too. I am a nice person and I'm good at my job and I am a loving and fun mom and devoted friend. I am also very outspoken and happy to "expose" myself and show that you don't have to believe in a…"

"I can't stand House partly for the reason you stated (negative portrayal of an intelligent, free thinking non-theist) as well as the crazy, unrealistic medical stories. I'm a doctor and have little patience for medical TV. …"

"I always liked Capt. Malcom ("Mal") Reynolds of the good ship Serenity...even though he was kind of an atheist stereotype, i.e. the "mad at God" type (which aren't really atheists, just disillusioned theists, but I…"

"Thank you for mentioning Star Trek. It really angers my inner geek that Babylon 5 was brought up first on this thread.
Star Trek is about the most atheistic show you could get. It is set in a future where the human race abandoned the concept…"

Hi Becky, welcome to Atheist Nexus! I couldn't help but notice your name, as my last name is also Barrett. So welcome! Lots of diverse groups here, join in where ever you like! :) and remember, there are lots of atheists around, many of us do not make ourselves known unless the subject is raised in a non-threatening way (which seldome happens), but you may very well know several in real life, but just are not aware they are atheist. :)